New Delhi A day before the budget session, an all-party meeting convened by the government was held Sunday in which the opposition demanded that issues such as farm distress, unemployment and drought should be debated upon in Parliament. The meeting saw leaders of major political parties participate. Ghulam Nabi AzadRead More

New Delhi A day after The Tribune reported that an increase in pension of nearly 25 lakh retired soldiers was stuck, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today formed a committee to work out the modalities and method of next revision of pension under the ‘One Rank One Pension’ (OROP) formula. HeadedRead More

London India along with the US are among the countries with the highest number of visa applications for the UK’s technology sector, according to the latest data from Britain’s leading network for digital tech entrepreneurs. Tech Nation, a UK Home Office designated body for tech visas, found that applications fromRead More

New Delhi Continued political violence and an ongoing doctors’ strike in West Bengal has prompted the central government to issue advisories and ask for separate reports from the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The advisory the Ministry of Home Affairs issued to the state government said that the continuedRead More

Hyderabad The Indian Air Force would ascertain the cause of the recent crash of an AN-32 aircraft in Arunachal Pradesh and take steps to ensure that such incidents do not recur, IAF chief B S Dhanoa said Saturday. His comments came days after the wreckage of the aircraft was foundRead More

BJP Lok Sabha MP and Malegaon blast case accused Pragya Singh Thakur was on Saturday exempted from appearance at a special court in connection with the matter. Her lawyers sought an exemption from appearance from a Mumbai court as the regular Special Judge V S Padalkar, presiding over the case,Read More

Shillong Carbine-wielding CRPF personnel guard the entry and exit points of Shillong’s Punjabi Lane from the Police Bazaar side. The CRPF has been deployed there recently after the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC), a banned terrorist outfit claiming to represent the interests of the Khasis and Jaintia people of Meghalaya,Read More

NEW DELHI/BISHKEK Prime Minister Narendra Modi today won greater promises of trade and investment avenues in bilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Several world leaders are in Bishkek to participate in a summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Friday. In aRead More

Kolkata Striking junior doctors in West Bengal on Thursday defied Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s 2 pm-deadline to join work and said the agitation will continue till their demands related to security in government hospitals are met. The doctors have been agitating since Tuesday after two of their colleagues were attackedRead More

Washington The US is ready to help India’s defence needs with the latest technologies and equipment, but New Delhi purchasing long-range S-400 missile defence system from Russia would limit cooperation, the Trump administration has cautioned. The statement came weeks after an identical warning from a senior State Department official whoRead More